SAN ANTONIO — Who wants another area comic book confab? Boerne Comic Fest is go for fall 2016, brought you by the folks behind Alamo City Comic Con. ACCC recently announced the team-up with City of Boerne officials and the Boerne Parks & Recreation Department. And what better way to blast the news than at […]
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SAN ANTONIO — In case you missed it, the longest-running Godzilla series in history stomped off into the sunset this week with the release of “Godzilla: Rulers of Earth” No. 25 , co-created and illustrated by San Antonio native Matt Frank. And Frank and writer/co-creator Chris Mowry threw just about every kaiju you could think […]
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SAN ANTONIO — All hail the return of the toy show king. Eckman’s Card, Comic & Toy Show comes back to San Antonio with the first of five confirmed annual shows. The collectibles extravaganza drops Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Austin Highway Event Center, 1948 Austin Highway. For years, show runner Dale […]
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SAN ANTONIO — It’s the kind of news that has some otaku raging like a mad Goku. San Japan announced the Grand Hyatt San Antonio will reduce elevator access for this year’s big anime convention. San Japan: 8-Bit runs July 31-Aug. 2 at the Convention Center, with events at the nearby Grand Hyatt and San […]
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SAN ANTONIO — A Facebook war of words has erupted between “Parks and Recreation” actor/San Antonio native Jonathan Joss and Alamo City Comic Con founder/San Antonio native Alfredo “Apple” De La Fuente. Joss took to his Facebook account to express outrage at not being a guest at this year’s Alamo City Comic Con, which runs […]
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SAN ANTONIO — What better day to score some digital “Star Wars” trading cards than May 4 — as in Star Wars Day, as in May the 4th Be With You. The free Topps Star Wars: Card Trader app for Android and Apple devices has a special promotion Monday where you can get a […]
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SAN ANTONIO — Saturday’s big Free Comic Book Day comes the same day the Spurs either triumph or tank in Los Angeles and Manny Pacquiao either cashes in or crushes so many sportsbooks in Las Vegas. So yes, thank the New Gods, Galactus and SpongeBob we have free funny-books to soothe us regardless how the great […]
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SAN ANTONIO — Remember when Robert Downey Jr. first smirked his way into the armor with 2008’s “Iron Man”? We knew it was the start of something special, something bright, something world-building. Soon we had a Hulk reboot, then another “Iron Man” movie. Then along came Thor and Captain America. And then we got all […]
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